Notes from production.
What our teams learn shipping AI and product systems that have to survive contact with real users, real data and real audits. No thought leadership — field notes.
From two engineers to twenty: scaling a startup org with a hybrid team
How Series A–C teams scale with a small in-house core plus a dedicated team — one culture, owned surfaces, and cheap insourcing later.
The first 90 days with a dedicated team: a playbook
A month-by-month playbook for the first 90 days with a dedicated team — what should happen, what to observe, and what to ask if you can't.
Jul 2026
Why Nepal — not India, not Eastern Europe, not Latin America
Nepal is missing from every outsourcing list. What that omission means for seniority and retention — and the trade-offs we concede honestly.
Jul 2026
12 red flags to catch before you sign with an offshore team
Twelve pre-signature warning signs — pitch-team swaps, blended rates, vendor-held repos, exit penalties — and why they are incentive problems.
Jul 2026
IP protection when outsourcing development: repos, contracts and jurisdictions
Structure beats clauses: why your repos and your cloud protect IP better than contract language — plus what the contract still has to do.
Jul 2026
Time zones as a feature: follow-the-sun development for US teams
Kathmandu's workday fits inside a US night. Hand off at your evening, review merged work before standup — if the delivery system is built for it.
Jul 2026
Nearshore Latin America vs offshore Asia: the honest trade-offs for US teams
Timezone overlap is real — and it is one dimension of six. Async maturity, retention, cost and review discipline, weighed honestly for US buyers.
Jun 2026
How much does it cost to build an app in 2026? An honest framework
No number survives an unscoped brief. The drivers that actually set app cost, where it hides after launch, and how to get a quote you can trust.
Jun 2026
Hire a dedicated development team: the 2026 buyer’s guide
What a dedicated team actually is, when the model fits, how to vet a vendor, and the contract terms that protect you — with the deep-dives linked.
Jun 2026
Cheaper than a European agency, without the horror stories: how to evaluate offshore quality
Offshore horror stories come from incentives, not geography. The senior-team signals you can verify before signing anything.
May 2026
The vendor lock-in checklist: ten questions to ask before you sign with any agency
Ten questions that are cheap before you sign and expensive after — repos, cloud, handover, and who holds the prompts and evals.
Apr 2026
Exit-ready by design: why making it cheap to fire us keeps us hired
Your repos, your cloud, handover drills in the definition of done. Why making it cheap to leave keeps clients staying.
Mar 2026
Running one team across Europe and Kathmandu without meetings at midnight
The overlap window mechanics, async-first rituals, and what genuinely must stay synchronous. No midnight meetings required.
Mar 2026
Nepal as an engineering destination: what European buyers get right and wrong
What European buyers get right and wrong about Kathmandu — and what to check in any engineering partner, regardless of country.
Mar 2026
What actually goes into the cost of a dedicated development team
Not a rate card — the cost structure: what a team fee covers, why blended rates mislead, and what to ask about any quote.
Mar 2026
Why we let clients interview our tech leads before signing
Rate cards hide the people. Here is what to ask a tech lead before you sign — and why we insist that you do.
Mar 2026
Dedicated team, staff augmentation or project outsourcing: which one fits your problem
The three models defined honestly — including when a dedicated team is the wrong choice — and the decision factors that actually matter.
Feb 2026
Decoding a Hazesoft internship: FAQs and how to stand out
Everything applicants ask about internships at our Kathmandu studio — and exactly what we read for in a spontaneous application.
Feb 2026